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4 2025
FL
New platform public BETA
2025-11-26
A new hosting experience at your fingertips
FL
Goodbye and hello
2025-11-14
Farewell sharp rectangles, hello soft corners
FL
PHP 8.4
2025-04-23
Changelog on new versions.
FL
Web hosting and open source
2025-03-17
It's complicated. The relation between open source and web hosting from our point of view
1 2024
FL
PHP 8.3
2024-03-20
Changelog on new versions.
2 2023
FL
MySQL 8 upgrades
2023-06-05
FYI: Remaining Apps are going to be migrated to MySQL 8
FL
PHP 8.2
2023-04-12
Changelog on new versions.
4 2022
FL
PHP 7.4 support to end some day
2022-10-14
Client information for the end of life of PHP 7.4.
FL
New features at fortrabbit
2022-04-04
Basic WAF, Craft Copy for Nitro, Craft Copy for Craft CMS 4
FL
PHP 8.1
2022-03-14
Changelog on new versions.
FL
PHP 7.3 support to end soon
2022-01-19
What you might want to know about the upcoming EOL of PHP 7.3.
4 2021
FL
PHP 8.0.12
2021-11-11
Changelog on new versions.
OS
MySQL 8 upgrade plan
2021-04-07
How to migrate an App to the new version of MySQL here
FL
PHP 8
2021-02-22
Changelog on new versions.
FL
Meanwhile at fortrabbit
2021-02-11
Finally HTTP/2 is here, as well as some other updates
5 2020
OS
Composer 2 is about to land on fortrabbit
2020-12-16
Composer 2 will soon be available here. What you need to know.
FL
Let's Encrypt root certificate change
2020-11-26
Let's Encrypt will change its root certificates. Learn how this might affect you as a fortrabbit client.
FL
PHP 7.2 support to end soon
2020-11-11
What you might want to know about the upcoming EOL of PHP 7.2.
FL
MySQL 8 is now available for Pro Apps
2020-10-28
We are finally making MySQL 8 available. What clients need to know about the roll-out.
FL
PHP 7.4 and other updates
2020-03-27
Changelog on new versions.
4 2019
FL
Patch updates ahead
2019-10-16
Patches for all PHP versions planned.
FL
PHP 7.1 is slowly fading out
2019-09-25
Informations on upcoming PHP 7.1 switch off here.
FL
imageMagick patch 2
2019-08-16
Some smaller internal improvements mostly on imageMagick ahead.
FL
Under the hood updates
2019-05-28
Some internal changes ahead
5 2017
FL
Introducing the 'client invite'
2017-06-15
You can now transfer Apps to your clients!
FL
Universal App pricing V2 is here
2017-05-11
More powerful plans, same price level.
FL
Old App migration program
2017-03-20
We are manually moving many Old Apps to Universal Apps to avoid downtime and data loss for stragglers.
UK
PHP 7.1 is here
2017-02-15
We have released PHP 7.1 for all Universal and Professional Apps.
UK
MySQL Backups for Pro Apps
2017-02-14
Now available: Automated backups for Professional Apps.
10 2016
FL
Universal Stack changelog
2016-12-20
See all platform changes with new Universal Stack.
FL
Universal Stack launched
2016-12-20
Optimized for CMS driven websites - made for your needs: Backups, Git, SFTP, HTTPS & team collaboration.
FL
Dashboard improvements
2016-09-02
Quicker boarding, App access links and more.
FL
The new stack chooser
2016-08-04
Choose a framework or CMS to get started more quickly.
FL
Introducing a better domain handling
2016-07-12
A more helpful UI + forwarding naked domains.
FL
TLS free launched
2016-06-15
Free SSL certificates for custom domains via Let's Encrypt are here now.
FL
Remote SSH execution is here
2016-06-01
Learn how to enhance your workflows with this new feature.
FL
Object Storage launched
2016-04-21
A new integrated S3 compatible cloud storage is here.
FL
fortrabbit just launched in the US
2016-02-24
New data center location, new currency
OS
New Worker Component released
2016-01-20
Outsource that heavy lifting in the background — now you can.
9 2015
FL
Announcing GA for New Apps
2015-12-10
Scalable, extensible and with even more features
UK
Dropbox as a cloud storage
2015-09-04
How to enable Dropbox as your App's persistent cloud storage.
UK
S3 as a cloud storage
2015-09-03
How to setup Amazon S3 as a cloud storage for your App.
FL
New Apps are here
2015-08-25
Introducing the New Apps in BETA.
OS
PHP upgrade path (5.4), 5.6, 7.0
2015-06-23
Which PHP versions we'll support when.
FL
Introducing 2FA
2015-06-18
More Account security settings.
FL
On password security
2015-03-10
Discussing usability, culture and security.
FL
The new Dashboard is here
2015-02-25
That's one small step for mankind, a giant leap for us.
OS
Blackfire profiler on fortrabbit
2015-01-21
Blackfire profiler BETA is now available at fortrabbit.
9 2014
UK
Updates
2014-10-24
Another interesting story.
EH
Chasing 408
2014-05-26
Those random 408 errors should finally be resolved!
OS
New Relic BYOL
2014-05-20
We now have the New Relic demon running.
UK
Updates
2014-04-14
Another interesting story.
UK
Heartbleed
2014-04-08
This exploit is a vulnerability in the heartbeat of TLS in the OpenSSL implementation. We're patched up by now.
UK
Updates
2014-03-30
Another interesting story.
UK
Updates
2014-03-13
Another interesting story.
UK
PHP 5.5 and improved deployment
2014-03-13
PHP 5.5 is finally here. This and some other news.
UK
New year cleanup
2014-01-30
Announcing upcoming maintenance work.
4 2013
FL
New boarding bonus
2013-10-31
Claim an extra credit for an even better test drive of our platform.
FL
New tasklist
2013-10-07
Introducing a more fair and more fun freemium model.
UK
Worker Add-On released
2013-08-07
We have a new Add-On: Workers! Learn about it and what you can do with it.
FL
Optional PHP extensions
2013-01-31
Have you seen our new PHP settings page?
2 2012
FL
App collaboration & owner transfer
2012-12-18
New features in the dashboard.
FL
Support pages are on now
2012-08-15
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